Posts Tagged ‘Christian Leadersip Alliance’
Call to Action for Nonprofits By ECFA
Action: Stop the Tax on Nonprofit Employee Parking! Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) is circulating a position statement as a call for action for nonprofit organizations (including churches) concerned about a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This Act will require nonprofits to pay taxes on the parking benefits provided by many…
Read MoreOne Thing We Own By Andrea Leigh Capuyan
The One Thing We Own – Our Mistakes As steward leaders, there is ONE thing we must OWN – our mistakes. UGH! Y’all, I blew it. Here we are. The team is gathered for our monthly meeting. The room is abuzz. The conversation is rich. The meeting’s goal is to provide an opportunity to foster…
Read MoreChange By Mark L. Vincent
Change always changes us. Change is normal. Some of it is not welcome. Some of it is. The difference is usually what we selfishly perceive the benefit to be. We are not so altruistic that we welcome change benefiting others when it calls for sacrifice from us. When we resist change, we do well to…
Read MoreCompassionate Communicators By Dan Kennedy
Compassionate Communicators Engage Becoming compassionate communicators is the number one thing you can do to increase engagement with your audiences — all of them. Compassionate communication works, but you have to work for it. Let’s get practical: building an audience persona Begin with the idea that marketing professionals are audience advocates. It’s our job to…
Read MoreYour Words By Mark L. Vincent
The Stewardship of Your words A sermon I once heard focused on the five Hebrew words that Jonah preached to Nineveh: Forty-Days-More-Nineveh-Will be Destroyed. It takes more words in English, as Jonah’s Hebrew requires just one word to indicate verb tense. The preacher pointed out that these harsh yet necessary words were not great words…
Read MoreCLA Founder's Council Member: Batts Morrison Wales & Lee
Announcing CLA’s New Founder’s Council Member! Christian Leadership Alliance (CLA) is pleased to announce new Founder’s Council member, Batts Morrison Wales & Lee (BMWL). A Founder’s Council (Platinum level) membership signals the highest membership commitment to equipping and uniting leaders called to transform the world for Christ. When asked about their decision to support the…
Read MoreFaithfulness by Mark L. Vincent
Faithfulness is one of the foundations for an effective resource raising program. By Mark L. Vincent Faithfulness is foundational. I’ve often summarized the faithful life of the steward as Generous God, Generous Life. On more than one occasion, when speaking on the subject, I’ve created a picture of how this is lived by kneeling with…
Read MorePrayer Culture By Solomon Lujan
The Power of a Prayer Culture By Solomon Lujan ~ If you want to ingrain one transformational habit into your company’s culture, may I suggest that none is more important than prayer. Let’s be clear: There is no power in a prayer culture itself. The power is in Jesus. But prayer is the conduit, the…
Read MoreGod-First Momentum By Dr. John C. Reynolds
God-First Momentum: Five principles from the Book of Acts By Dr. John C. Reynolds ~ In the world of science, momentum is generally described as the “force or speed of movement, or the impetus gained by a moving object.” Scholars calculate momentum as the product of mass and velocity or simply the impact of size…
Read MoreEntrepreneurial Leaders By Lauren Libby
Entrepreneurial leaders are needed! By Lauren Libby~ I believe entrepreneurial leaders and teams are needed to enliven the 21st century mission’s movement. Entrepreneurial teams first of all need an entrepreneurial leader, a person who is not afraid to take steps of faith, a leader who can embrace change and be vision centered. Entrepreneurial Leaders Need…
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